Nuclear

Media

Used in steel and other alloys. Essential for humans. It is the chief constituent of hemoglobin which carries oxygen in blood vessels. Its oxides are used in magnetic tapes and disks.

Sources

Obtained from iron ores. Pure metal produced in blast furnaces by layering limestone, coke and iron ore and forcing hot gasses into the bottom. This heats the coke red hot and the iron is reduced from its oxides and liquified where it flows to the bottom

Pronounciation (English)

EYE-ern

Translations

Afrikaans

Yster

Aragonese

Fierro

العربية

حديد

Armãneashte

Heru

asturianu

Fierro

azərbaycan dili

Dəmir

български

Желязо

বাংলা

আয়রন

brezhoneg

Houarn

bosanski

Željezo, ²Gvožđe

Byelorussian

Жалеза

Cebuano

Puthaw

čeština

Železo

Chuvash

Тимĕр

Cymraeg

Ferro

dansk

Jern

Deutsch

Eisen

Ελληνικά

Σιδηρος

English

Iron

esperanto

Fero

español

Hierro

eesti

Raud

euskara

Burdina

فارسی

آهن

suomi

Rauta

føroyskt

Jarn

français

Fer

furlan

Fier

West-Frysk

Izer

Gaeilge

Iarann

Gàidhlig

Iarann (Iarrnaig)

galego

Ferro

ગુજરાતી

લોખંડ

Gaelg

Yiarn

Hakka Chinese

Thiet

עברית

ברזל

हिन्दी

लोहा

hrvatski

Željezo

magyar

Vas

հայերեն

Երկաթ

Indonesia

Besi

íslenska

Járn

italiano

Ferro

日本語

鉄

ქართული

რკინა

کٲشُر

Żelazło

қазақ тілі

Темір

한국어

철

Kurdish

Hesin

Komi

Кӧрт

kernewek

Horn

кыргызча

Темир

Latin

Ferrum

Lëtzebuergesch

Eisen

Lombard

Fèr

lingála

Ebendé

lietuvių

Geležis

latviešu

Dzelzs

Mari

Кӱртньӧ

Maori

Rino

македонски

Железо

മലയാളം

ഇരുമ്പ്

монгол

Төмөр

Мокшан

Кишни, Кшни

Bahasa Melayu

Besi

Malti

Ħadid

Nahuatl

Tlīltic tepoztli

Nederlands

IJzer

norsk

Jern

Occitan

Fèrre

ирон

Æфсæйнаг

polski

Żelazo

português

Ferro

Runasimi

Khillay

română

Fier

русский

Железо

slovenčina

Železo

slovenščina

Železo

Samoan

Isri

Samogitian

Geležis

shqip

Hekur

српски

Гвожће

Southern Sotho

Tshepe

svenska

Järn

Kiswahili

Feri, Chuma

தமிழ்

இரும்பு

Tajik

Оҳан

ไทย

เหล็ก

Türkçe

Demir

ئۇيغۇرچە

تۆمۈر

українська

Залізо

o‘zbek

Temir

Tiếng Việt

Sắt

Võro

Raud

中文

鐵

History

Discovered In

Discovered By

Discovered At

Word Origin

From the Anglo-Saxon word "iron" or "iren" (the origin of the symbol Fe comes from the Latin word "ferrum" meaning "iron").